The Videos Don't Play Topic

[cybrsaylr]

cybrsaylr @cybrsaylr last edited by

@cybrsaylr said in Solving the problem of the Opera browser with video playback in Ubuntu and similar distributions (Linux Mint, KDE neon):

@nathaniel said in Solving the problem of the Opera browser with video playback in Ubuntu and similar distributions (Linux Mint, KDE neon):

I solved the problem by uninstalling my old install of opera and installing it again via snap (https://snapcraft.io/opera).
I hope it helps you!

snap install opera

Installed Ubuntu 20.04 and had the same problems with videos not playing well with the latest version of Opera. Did what you recommended, uninstalled Opera installed Opera again with snap and this solved all my video issues.

Thanks.

A little update on what is happening now since installing Opera with Snap.
Now have Opera Version: 84.0.4316.21 Opera is up to date.

All videos play fine but Opera takes 40-50 seconds to launch every time at first when booting up my desktop. After this if I close down Opera and re-launch Opera starts up in 5-10 seconds. This long 40-50 second launch of Opera only occurs first time after a fresh PC boot up.

[marozsas]

marozsas last edited by

yup ! It worked ! Thanks
I had to adjust the instructions to opensuse tumbleweed, since the package chromium-ffmpeg-extra put the file libffmpeg on folder /usr/lib64/opera/lib_extra.
Besides that, its works on next run:

zypper in chromium-ffmpeg-extra
mv /usr/lib64/opera/libffmpeg.so /usr/lib64/opera/libffmpeg.so.obsolete
n -s /usr/lib64/opera/lib_extra/libffmpeg.so /usr/lib64/opera/libffmpeg.so

[dopplerduck]

dopplerduck @xZero last edited by

@xzero It worked on Mint 20.3 / Neon 20.4 / Focal. Thank you.

[darkshadow05]

darkshadow05 last edited by

i use sparky linux 7 gameover anyone have a fix for this problem

[styen]

styen @darkshadow05 last edited by

@darkshadow05 https://github.com/Ld-Hagen/fix-opera-linux-ffmpeg-widevine should work

[darkshadow05]

darkshadow05 @styen last edited by

@styen ok ty will try

[darkshadow05]

darkshadow05 @styen last edited by

@styen tyam it worked so tysm

[elomir]

elomir @drpeppercan last edited by

@drpeppercan Following this video I fixed the problem in my pop_os
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azlL8dn7ZD8

[cybrsaylr]

cybrsaylr last edited by

styen

Thanks it worked.

[A Former User]

A Former User @xZero last edited by

@xzero Hi I execute the script now when I execute the opera is crashing with this message "opera: symbol lookup error: opera: undefined symbol: av_stream_get_first_dts"

[A Former User]

A Former User @styen last edited by

@styen thank ist work for me, Iḿ using Opera 85

[exoplanet]

exoplanet last edited by exoplanet

Opera updated and video playback got bad again so I installed :

chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra_99.0.4844.84-0ubuntu0.18.04.1_amd64

But no luck

My Opera Version : 86.0.4363.23

[noctiluus]

noctiluus last edited by leocg

Video Playback on Arch

If, after updating opera, video playback, on websites such as YouTube, crashes the tab, please install opera-ffmpeg-codecs from the community repository. This should remedy the playback error.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by leocg

does someone can tell me which libffmpeg.so version for the actual opera linux version. opera version 86.0.4363.32
Thank you in advanced

[john-53]

john-53 @Guest last edited by john-53

@drstrom said in The Videos Don't Play Topic:

does someone can tell me which libffmpeg.so version for the actual opera linux version. opera version 86.0.4363.32
Thank you in advanced

I don't know any version numbers. I just know these instructions worked for me several months ago and it updates properly.

My libffmpeg.so file is 1.8 MB in size in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/ and another one is 17.4 MB in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/lib_extra/

https://github.com/Ld-Hagen/fix-opera-linux-ffmpeg-widevine/

[A Former User]

A Former User @john-53 last edited by

@john-53 Thank you . Your link worked for me .

[Frizzledoldbutt]

Frizzledoldbutt last edited by

A couple of years back I raised the issue that in my experience Opera on Linux & Windows fails to play video streams.

You can assume latest OS & Opera versions and recent hardware.

I didn't find a cure (The fanbois with "works for me" comments were no help either).

Anyway, I looked in again today; Windows 10, Windows 11, Ubuntu 20.04, Linux Mint etc, Opera still won't play video streams, although the error message has changed:
Vimeo:
undefined Player error
The player is having trouble. We’ll have it back up and running as soon as possible.

[rmstock]

rmstock last edited by

If you mean Netflix etc. Streaming is handled inside
opera and chrome with Widevine. In earlier versions this
was done by using a static version of libwidevinecdm.so inside the opera .deb file. Today this is handled dynamicly.
checking the opera binary :

ubuntu@ubuntu:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera$ strings opera | grep -i widevine
Media.EME.Widevine.VideoCapability.HasEmptyRobustness
application_x-ppapi-widevine-cdm
Widevine enabled but no library found
../../opera/desktop/chrome_imports/chrome/browser/component_updater/widevine_cdm_component_installer.cc
Widevine CDM v1.0
Failed to update Widevine CDM hint path.
Installed Widevine CDM component is incompatible.
Registering component updated Widevine
Registering bundled Widevine
Updating hint file with Widevine CDM
Widevine Content Decryption Module
com.widevine.alpha
WidevineCdm
widevinecdm
com.widevine.alpha
widevinecdm
com.widevine.alpha
Widevine Content Decryption Module
component_updater.widevine.up_to_date
Widevine Content Decryption Module
opera.mojom.WidevineCdmUpdater
WidevineCdm
latest-component-updated-widevine-cdm
Widevine Content Decryption Module
WidevineVersion
com.widevine.alpha
com.widevine.alpha
com.widevine.alpha
com.widevine.alpha
com.widevine.alpha
WidevineI
ubuntu@ubuntu:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera$

looking for "opera 86 widevine_cdm_component_installer" i came across a webpage https://malaysiandigest.com/how-to-enable-widevine-content-decryption-module-in-opera/ which hinted to check : opera://components

opening that url opens a page, which next immediately started updating all kind of things :

opening and updating above components will fix your streaming problems.

[Frizzledoldbutt]

Frizzledoldbutt @rmstock last edited by Frizzledoldbutt

@rmstock -
No, I mean all video formats fail to play; whether local files, or off streaming services, whether AVI, MP4, MKV (ok, it's a container), MPG, or HTML5 off web sites, including those we store on our Google Drive.

Also, as mentioned in my OP, it's Windows and 'nix. I worked through the widevine stuff awhile back. It has no effect.

regarding Opera:components, I already have
Widevine Content Decryption Module - Version: 4.10.2449.0
Status - Component not updated

In any case, having to jump through that many hoops to play videos, hey, installing Firefox or Chrome seems a lot less error prone and less stressful.

Cheers

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Frizzledoldbutt last edited by

@frizzledoldbutt For Linux, make sure that you have the correct codec package as mentioned.